Alan Kelly (Tipperary, Labour) | Oireachtas source

The streets of my home town Nenagh will be packed on Saturday with people protesting against the Government and the HSE and the scandalous decision to take over our new nursing home, which the Government of which I and the Taoiseach were a part actually funded. On 24 April 2024, I raised this issue with the Taoiseach in this Chamber. I asked him where the loved ones of the 50 families were meant to go. Are they going to just die at home or will they be left in hospitals? Where are they going to go because two wrongs do not make a right? The Taoiseach said I made a logical point. He said that, as a result, the HSE would engage directly with me. The HSE also said that it has engaged directly with staff and residents' families. None of those three things has happened - nada, zilch, none. I can verify that. In fact, statements from the unions have verified that too. Considering none of that has happened and a protest will be held this Saturday, what is the Government and the HSE going to do to ensure this nursing home, which is deserved by the people of that area, who paid their taxes and worked hard, is given to them?

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